Quotes About Empathy

Si c'est un homme, c'est mon prochain, pas mon lointain.

Tôi nghÄ© là có hai lo?i quái v?t trên cõi ??i này: nh?ng k? ch? nghÄ© ??n mình và nh?ng k? ch? nghÄ© ??n ng??i khác. Nói khác Ä'i nh?ng k? kh?n n?n v? ká»· và nh?ng k? kh?n n?n v? tha.

En amour, on appelle ça un étalon; en politique, un démagogue. Le secret de la réussite, c'est de ne penser qu'à la jouissance de l'autre.

There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group.

Wenn ich zu einem anderen sagen kann: Ich liebe dich, muss ich auch sagen können: Ich liebe in dir auch alle anderen, ich liebe durch dich die ganze Welt, ich liebe in dir auch mich selbst.

If I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the core, i perceive our identity, the fact of our brotherhood. This relatedness from center to center - instead of that from periphery to periphery - is 'central relatedness'.

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

Die meisten Menschen sehen das Problem der Liebe in erster Linie als das Problem, selbst geliebt zu werden, statt zu lieben und lieben zu können.

The full humanization of man requires the breakthrough from the possession-centered to the activity-centered orientation, from selfishness and egotism to solidarity and altruism.

The only way of full knowledge lies in the act of love; this act transcends thought, it transcends words. It is the daring plunge into the experience of union.

The deepest need of man, then, is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness.

One can hardly overestimate people's need to talk about themselves and to be listened to.

Si percibo en otra persona nada más que lo superficial, percibo principalmente las diferencias, lo que nos separa. Si penetro hasta el núcleo, percibo nuestra identidad, el hecho de nuestra hermandad.

Der Mensch] würde dem Wahnsinn verfallen, wenn er sich nicht aus diesem Gefängnis befreien könnte - wenn er nicht in irgendeiner Form seine Hände nach anderen Menschen ausstrecken und sich mit der Welt außerhalb seiner selbst vereinigen könnte.

Erkenntnis] ist nur möglich, wenn ich mein eigenes Interesse transzendiere und den anderen so sehe, wie er wirklich ist.

If I truly love one person I love all persons, I love the world, I love life. If I can say to somebody else, I love you, I must be able to say, I love in you everybody, I love through you the world, I love in you also myself.

realists who have a special word for each type of automobile, but only the one word "love" to express the most varied kinds of affective experience.

I am surprised how often even the smallest kindness can carry a disproportionate weight

It's so easy to believe that others deserve their fate, and the fact was that if nobody bothered to help other people then the worst would always happen… She stares out of her window at the busy street, where the British go about their daily business, taking it for granted that they will never be arrested for not voting the right way, praying the right way, dressing the right way or for belonging to a different tribe.

Every time you read a book your mind touches that of the person who wrote it – even if they died a long time ago.

When you are small, if you reach out, and nobody takes your hand, you stop reaching out, and reach inside, instead.

Somehow her later years had become a mirror of her lonely childhood.

When you're small, if you reach out, and nobody takes your hand, you stop reaching out, and reach inside, instead.

We think we know people. We think that what we see is all there is. We rarely ask ourselves what goes on behind the curtain. We jump to conclusions. And we take everything very personally.